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Empires and walls : globalization, migration, and colonial domination / by Mohammad A. Chaichian

Chaichian, Mohammad A.

Leiden [u.a.] : Brill, 2014

XXVII, 362 S : Ill., graph. Darst., Kt

Englisch

Foreword / by David FasenfestWalls, borders, and imperial formations : in search of an explanation

Includes bibliographical references and index

978-90-04-23603-5 (hardback : acid-free paper)

978-90-04-26066-5 (ISBN der parallelen Ausgabe im Fernzugriff)

2013036436

OCoLC: 869853516     

OCoLC: 894759196 (aus SWB)      ; OCoLC: 869853516 (aus SWB)     

LB 52000  | MS 1170  | MS 1500      Ähnliche Literatur

D21.3

909

Basisklassifikation: 89.91 (Imperialismus) ; 71.52 (Kulturelle Prozesse) <Soziologie>

SSG-Nummer(n): 8

*Imperialismus ; Kolonialismus ; Globalisierung ; Grenzmauer ; Geschichte     Zum Register

LOC-SH: Walls -- Political aspects -- History ; Boundaries -- Political aspects -- History ; Borderlands -- History ; Imperialism -- History ; World history ; Colonization -- History ; Emigration and immigration -- History ; Globalization -- History ; Walls -- Political aspects -- History ; Boundaries -- Political aspects -- History ; Borderlands -- History ; Imperialism -- History ; World history ; Colonization -- History ; Emigration and immigration -- History ; Globalization -- History

Foreword / by David Fasenfest -- Walls, borders, and imperial formations : in search of an explanation -- Borders, walls and globalization -- Part One. The imperial walls that are no longer around -- Hadrian's Wall : an ill-fated strategy for tribal management in Roman Britain -- Red snake : the Great Wall of Gorgan, Iran -- Clash of empires : prelude to the Berlin Wall -- Build the wall : the two German economies are now united! -- Part Two. Anti-imperialist walls -- Dismantling the defensive wall of the colonized -- Neo-colonial walls -- An empire in the making : American colonial interests south of the border -- The great offensive wall of Mexico : border blues -- Israel and Palestine : a settler colony is born -- Bantustans, maquiladoras, and the separation barrier Israeli style -- Epilogue: Conceptualizing walls and borders : "globalization from within